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40 Sarmentosus, thread-like, producing roots from the joints. 



41 Repens, creeping, trailing on the ground, and here and 



there producing roots. 



42 Radicans, rooting, striking root laterally, and fixing to 



ther bodies. 



43 Geniculatus, jointed, divided by knots, or round swellings. 



44 Flexuosus, waved, bent backwards and forwards from bud 



to bud. 



45 Scandens, climbing, generally by the support of some 



other body. 



46 Volubilis, twining, growing round some other body in 



a spiral ascending direction. 



Dextrorsum, twining from the right to the left. 



Sinistrorsum, twining from the left to the right. 



FIGURE. 



47 Teres, round, cylinder-shaped without angles. 



48 Semiteres, half-round, semicylindrical. 



49 Coinpressus, flattened with two opposite sides flat. 



50 Anceps, two-edged, flattened with two opposite sides 



sharp. 



5 1 Angulatus, angulated, having three or more angles formed 



by as many intermediate longitudinal cavities. 

 Acutangulus, sharp- angled. 

 Obtusanglus, obtusely-angled. 



52 Triqueter, three-sided, having three sides that are quite 



flat. 



53 Trigonus, Tetragonus, &c. three-cornered, four-corner- 



ed, &c. having three, four, or more prominent angles 

 lengthways. 



54 Nudus, naked, without leaves or other covering. 



55 AphyHus, without leaves. 



56 Foliatus, leafy, furnished with leaves. 



57 Vaginatus, sheathed, surrounded with a sheath, formed 



by the base of the leaf. 



58 Squamosus, squamous, covered with scales. 



59 Imbricatus, imbricate, covered with leaves like scales 



placed like tiles, or the scales of fishes. 



SURFACE. 



60 Suberosus, suberous, the outward bark, soft, but elastic 



like cork. 



61 Rimosus, rirnous, the outward bark full of cracks and fis- 



sures. 



62 Tunicatus, tunicated, coated with skins or membranes. 



63 Laevis, smooth, free from protuberances or inequalities. 



64 Striatus, striate, marked with sinall lines. 



65 Sukatus, sulcate, furrowed with deep hollow lines. 

 1)6 Glaber, slippery, smooth, and glossy like glass. 



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